CVE-2026-35535

HIGHNVD 7.47.4—

7.4

In Sudo through 1.9.17p2 before 3e474c2, a failure of a setuid, setgid, or setgroups call, during a privilege drop before running the mailer, is not a fatal error and can lead to privilege escalation.

CVSS v3: 7.4
EG Score: 7.4(medium)
EPSS: 0.4%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 3, 2026

Last Modified

April 3, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-35535(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

RHSA-2026:21275
Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.1 security update

Patch Availability(14)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.17-4.p2.el10_2	2026-05-19	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8	2026-05-19	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.8.23-10.el7_9.5	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.4	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.3	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.3	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.15-8.p5.el10_0.3	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.8	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_4.3	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.3	2026-05-06	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.6	2026-05-05	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-15.el9_7	2026-04-30	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.5	2026-04-29	redhat
redhat	sudo-0:1.9.15-10.p5.el10_1	2026-04-27	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

(15)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:40 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-20 22:38 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-20 22:38 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-20 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-20 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-20 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-20 11:22 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-20 11:22 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-35535?

CVE-2026-35535 is a high vulnerability published on April 3, 2026. In Sudo through 1.9.17p2 before 3e474c2, a failure of a setuid, setgid, or setgroups call, during a privilege drop before running the mailer, is not a fatal error and can lead to privilege escalation.

When was CVE-2026-35535 disclosed?

CVE-2026-35535 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2026-35535 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-35535 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-35535?

CVE-2026-35535 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2026-35535?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-35535, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2026-35535

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